Long Cecil is a cannon built in the workshops of the De Beers mining company in Kimberley for use by the British in the Siege of Kimberley during the Second Boer War.

Engineers of the De Beers company manufactured a one-off gun named Long Cecil; however the Boers soon countered with a much larger siege gun that terrified the residents, forcing many to take shelter in the Kimberley Mine.

Long Cecil is a cannon built in the workshops of the De Beers mining company in Kimberley for use by the British in the Siege of Kimberley during the Second Boer War.

On Friday, 19 January, 1900, the gun, nicknamed 'Long Cecil' in honour of Cecil Rhodes, was taken for testing and calibration to one of the three emplacements already prepared for it.

Sep 30, 2020 · George Labram was killed by a shell from the Boer "Long Tom" just two weeks prior to the siege of Kimberley being lifted. Today Long Cecil stands on display outside the Honored Dead Memorial in...

'Long Cecil' was a British gun built at the De Beers workshops by George Labram, chief engineer at De Beers and a key member of the besieged British garrison. It was named after Cecil Rhodes and still resides outside Kimberely Town Hall as a monument to …

During the siege Labram also built two armoured trains, [9] manufactured munitions for the existing artillery available in the city, and built the one-off cannon affectionately named Long Cecil, after the chairman of De Beers, Cecil Rhodes. [10]

Long Cecil, 4.1 inch B.L gun made by Cecil John Rhodes during the siege of Kimberley at the start of the Anglo Boer War.

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Oct 23, 2011 · It was a 30 Pdr. rifled gun (gain twist) with a 4.1" bore designed by an American, George Labram who was Chief Engineer at the DeBeers Mine in Kimberly, S.A. During the siege. It kept the Boers at a respectful distance during the Seige of Kimberly in 1900.